- How is he in bed? Gladiator or poet? - Hmmm... A poetic gladiator.

I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me.

Grudges are bridges with faulty spans. Falling off one is a lot more rewarding than getting stuck on the other side.

Life is never as long as we want it to be, and wasted time can never be recovered.

I write every day. Even if I'm not writing well, I write through it. I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank one.

Roarke: You'd enjoy flying more if you'd learn the controls. Eve: I'd rather pretend I'm on the ground. Roarke: And how many vehicles have you wrecked, had blown up, or destroyed in the last, oh, two years? Eve: Think about that, then imagine it happening when I'm at the wheel at thirty thousand feet. Roarke: Good point. I'll do the flying.

Better, Cilla thought, to be alone on a quiet night than to be alone in a crowd. Much better.